A Janet Jackson Song Could Crash Windows XP Laptops - PCMag AU

A sound frequency in Jackson's famous Rhythm Nation song could disrupt a laptop hard drive used in a number of Windows XP notebook models, according to a Microsoft software engineer.

It turns out a Janet Jackson song had the power to crash some laptops back during the Windows XP era. Microsoft software engineer Raymond Chen recounted the incident in a blog post on Wednesday, say… [+2300 chars]

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